Electric shaver with improved tubular comb and rotor type cutting head

Claim 1

A SHAVER COMPRISING A HOUSING, A MOTOR MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID MOTOR MEANS HAVING A PINION GEAR CONNECTED TO THE END OF THE MOTOR SHAFT, A SHAVING HEAD OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR, SAID SHAVING HEAD COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR COMBS, EACH HAVING AN INNER ANNULAR WALL SURFACE, AND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING COMB TEETH TERMINATING AT A SLOT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE RESPECTIVE COMBS, A CUTTING MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN EACH OF SAID COMBS, EACH CUTTING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BLADE HOLDER ROTATABLY JOURNALED TO SAID HEAD, EACH OF SAID HOLDERS HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING, RADIALLY DISPOSED GROOVES, EACH OF WHICH TWIST TO COMPRISE A SEGMENT OF A HELIX, A FLAT STRAIGHT CUTTING BLADE HAVING A HOLLOW GROUND CUTTING EDGE POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID GROOVES AND ADAPTED TO ASSUME THE HELICAL TWIST OF SAID GROOVE, A FLAT SPRING LEAD POSITIONED IN EACH GROOVE NORMALLY URGING SAID CUTTING BLADE INTO CONTACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INNER END OF ITS RESPECTIVE TUBULAR COMB, MEANS FOR LOOSELY RETAINING EACH OF SAID BLADES IN ITS RESPECTIVE GROOVE, A PINION GEAR CONNECTED TO EACH OF THE BLADE HOLDERS AT ONE END THEREOF, A GEAR TRAIN IN MESHING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID MOTOR DRIVE PINION GEAR AND SAID BLADE HOLDER DRIVEN PINION GEARS TO IMPART COUNTER-ROTATION TO SAID BLADE HOLDERS, AND MEANS THROUGH WHICH THE CUT HAIRS ARE AUTOMATICALLY EJECTED DURING A SHAVING OPERATION.